Scouting report · RB · Buffalo

James Cook III

A top-12 back in Superflex dynasty leagues. Age alone takes 6% off in a year.

#47 overall · age 27 · 2022 round 2, pick 63 · 5th season

BUFRunning back · RB12

Standard points a game

14.72024
15.82025
17.32026 · 6 G

Current outlook

This week · week 8 · Standard

15.5RB6

vs BAL · Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 p.m. ET

No injury designation · injury data read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 a.m. ET

Sleeper's projection, read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 a.m. ET, scored by Swindlr

Rest of season · redraft standard

#4 · RB4

Value 6,875 · 12 teams

Dynasty · Dynasty SF

#47 · RB12

Value 3,958 · 12 teams

Dynasty value · Dynasty SF

3,958

▲ 198 · last 3 weeks of games

Rank

#47 · RB12

Overall · position

2026 Standard / game

17.3

RB3 at the position

Age

27

5 seasons in

In a year

−6%

3,732 · about #51 next year

Value through each week · 2026 · Dynasty SF

Recalculated: today's model on the games through each week, valued at today's point in the season. It shows what each week's games did to his value, not the values Swindlr showed at the time.

Swindlr records its published values weekly from Oct 28, 2026; they'll appear here as a record beside this chart.

Every format

12-team leagues. Tap a format to see him in it.

Where his value comes from · Dynasty SF

This season 21%Next two seasons 40%Later 39%

55% of it is what he's projected to score (16.2 a game, aged season by season) and 45% is upside, the chance he does better. The projection weighs this season's 18.9 a game over 6 games against last season's 17.8 and his draft slot, giving less weight to last season when his role has grown, and it moves as the games pile up.

Splits

Regular season · week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

SeasonGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDStandard / G
2024162071,009163832258214.7
2025173091,621124033291215.8
202661176276141089017.3

2026 week by week · Standard points

Wk 16.9Wk 219.9Wk 319.4Wk 414.3Wk 521.8Wk 621.3

In the news

Swindlr analysis

Analysis ·

Week 8 start/sit: when PPR changes the answer

Jameson Williams climbs 7 places among receivers when catches don't count, one of 10 players who cross the illustrative 12-team starter line depending on scoring. The head-to-head that flips: Ashton Jeanty or Derrick Henry.

What he's worth in a trade

Dynasty SF

Real trades · 148 in the last year · 101 in dynasty Superflex leagues

The last 90 days of the sample, dynasty leagues: 46 trades, 36 Superflex or 2QB and 10 one-QB, 33 with a TE premium. Every trade with him, by format →

Real trades back this value

In 9 Dynasty SF trades since September where he went alone, what changed hands came to about 1.15× his value here (the middle half of them 1.02× to 1.79×).

What managers actually gave for James in completed trades in public Sleeper leagues, leagues like Dynasty SF first. Each shows the date and the league's settings; the price is what was agreed then, and the line under it is today's value, a different thing. Two-team trades of up to four pieces a side; none is left out for disagreeing with Swindlr. No league or manager names. 2 of them look lopsided at today's values (values move after a trade, with injuries and role changes, so a fair price then can look lopsided now); none is left out.

Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate

Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of James's value in Dynasty SF now. Open one in the calculator to see who wins it.

Bhayshul TutenRB · 12.2 proj ppg · compare · check it3,946
Emeka EgbukaWR · 11.9 proj ppg · compare · check it3,906
DeVonta SmithWR · 14.1 proj ppg · compare · check it4,052

Head to head

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Values are Swindlr's estimates for 12-team leagues, updated with every week's stats (through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)). "In a year" is the same production a year older, on the age curve the model is tuned with; news, role changes and the next rookie class aren’t in it. Stats: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).

Stats from Sleeper’s weekly stat lines, regular season, through week 8 of 2026 (in progress) (nflverse’s box scores fill a week Sleeper lacks); teams and injuries from Sleeper, Oct 30. Where the numbers come from.